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The Breeders
have always moved to their own rhythms, starting, stopping, and surprising listeners along the way. New music from them only arrives when the time is right, and in
All Nerve
's case, it was especially right: in 2013,
Kim
and
Kelley Deal
reunited with drummer
Jim McPherson
and bassist
Josephine Wiggs
to tour as part of the 20th anniversary celebration of their breakthrough album,
Last Splash
, and the dates went so well that the band went into the studio. At times,
does hark back to 1993. The way "Nervous Mary" slowly draws listeners into the album before kicking into high gear is a classic
Breeders
move. "Spacewoman," with its sun-soaked imagery and loud-quiet-loud dynamic shifts, is a power ballad made for the mosh pit, while the tender to roaring "All Nerve" is the kind of plainspoken song about a big, big love that has always been one of
Kim Deal
's specialties. Then there's "Wait in the Car," one of the band's most irresistible singles. As
Deal
fails to find the right words and meows while the guitars strut and tumble, it's as brashly charming as "Cannonball" -- and proves
the Breeders
haven't lost the ability to make their audience wish they could be best friends with them.
However,
isn't so much a conscious attempt to re-create the past as it is the rekindling of a special chemistry. That chemistry is especially strong when
try new things.
Wiggs
gets her first lead vocal on an album track with "MetaGoth," and her unflappable cool gives it a dark, restless post-punk beauty that isn't like anything else in
' songbook. Meanwhile, "Dawn: Making an Effort" is as vast and hopeful as a sunrise, with an openness that's all the more heartwarming because it's so unexpected. The band even finds creative ways of dealing with the feelings of mortality and history that accompany this kind of reunion on "Walking with a Killer," a deceptively pretty tale of murder in the cornfields, and "Blues at the Acropolis," which superimposes modern junkies and drunks with dead heroes of the past. The decade-long gap between
Mountain Battles
was
' longest hiatus yet, but it was time well spent -- this is one of the band's finest blends of sugar and swagger, space and noise.
lives up to its name:
' one-of-a-kind toughness and vulnerability are the heart of their music, and that it's still beating strong is cause for celebration. ~ Heather Phares
have always moved to their own rhythms, starting, stopping, and surprising listeners along the way. New music from them only arrives when the time is right, and in
All Nerve
's case, it was especially right: in 2013,
Kim
and
Kelley Deal
reunited with drummer
Jim McPherson
and bassist
Josephine Wiggs
to tour as part of the 20th anniversary celebration of their breakthrough album,
Last Splash
, and the dates went so well that the band went into the studio. At times,
does hark back to 1993. The way "Nervous Mary" slowly draws listeners into the album before kicking into high gear is a classic
Breeders
move. "Spacewoman," with its sun-soaked imagery and loud-quiet-loud dynamic shifts, is a power ballad made for the mosh pit, while the tender to roaring "All Nerve" is the kind of plainspoken song about a big, big love that has always been one of
Kim Deal
's specialties. Then there's "Wait in the Car," one of the band's most irresistible singles. As
Deal
fails to find the right words and meows while the guitars strut and tumble, it's as brashly charming as "Cannonball" -- and proves
the Breeders
haven't lost the ability to make their audience wish they could be best friends with them.
However,
isn't so much a conscious attempt to re-create the past as it is the rekindling of a special chemistry. That chemistry is especially strong when
try new things.
Wiggs
gets her first lead vocal on an album track with "MetaGoth," and her unflappable cool gives it a dark, restless post-punk beauty that isn't like anything else in
' songbook. Meanwhile, "Dawn: Making an Effort" is as vast and hopeful as a sunrise, with an openness that's all the more heartwarming because it's so unexpected. The band even finds creative ways of dealing with the feelings of mortality and history that accompany this kind of reunion on "Walking with a Killer," a deceptively pretty tale of murder in the cornfields, and "Blues at the Acropolis," which superimposes modern junkies and drunks with dead heroes of the past. The decade-long gap between
Mountain Battles
was
' longest hiatus yet, but it was time well spent -- this is one of the band's finest blends of sugar and swagger, space and noise.
lives up to its name:
' one-of-a-kind toughness and vulnerability are the heart of their music, and that it's still beating strong is cause for celebration. ~ Heather Phares
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